I live in what is now called Greater Sudbury.
I am 54 years old and have a very good memory. Simply put, I
don't trust any politician at any level.
Politics and politicians have become an
anachronism, and I suggest there will come a time when we, as
people, will not tolerate them any more and replace the process
not just the party.
The math is simple. Every politician goes to
bed with a full stomach while one-in-six children in Canada
live in poverty. Greater Sudbury has a population of 155,217 of
that, 131,400 are of working age (15 - 65) of that, 74,800 are
employed.
According to the Financial Post, more than 60
percent of residents make less that $10 per hour. According to
the Canadian Association of Food Banks, 13,800 people use the
area food banks.
According to a very dated (1999) poverty
report, one in five children in this town live in poverty. The
situation has gotten worse, and the number could be as high as
one in four.
Most seniors have to pay for their own
dentures, glasses and most "special" medications.
I live in an older section of town that has
an ancient infrastucture that will fail in some way soon. I can
anticipate flooding and sewer backups because
of this. I pay extra insurance to cover both
but I consider it another form of taxation since I can't trust
my city to maintain the systems. The list can go on and
on.
So when politicians say "Canadians think
that.." or "Canadians want..." I have a hard time not gaging.
They have no clue what the real world is like and how hard it
is for many just to get to the end of the day.
It's said that we get the government we
deserve. I suggest that, maybe someday, we will have a
government that deserves us.
Bob Daigle
, Sudbury